Friday morning, Lexington Richland School District Five partnered with the Lexington Medical Center to vaccinate its school staff. The vaccinations were done at Dutch Fork High School.
Beginning Saturday, community leaders and the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office are launching a series of neighborhood clean-up events, and they are looking for volunteers!
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy was terminated Friday, after an investigation revealed that he had alcohol in his system while operating a county vehicle.
The Department of Revenue has terminated the liquor licenses of two Five Points bars and suspended two others. The Department of Revenue says it has terminated the temporary liquor licenses of Breakers and Breakers Live, while Moosehead and Pavlov’s licenses were suspended.
300 airmen from McEntire Joint National Guard Base are on their way to the Middle East. According, to officials over the next several months the South Carolina Air National Guard also known as the Swamp Foxes will support U.S. Central Command by preserving operational depth, staging joint forces and projecting overwhelming combat power in the region.
Warmer weather is on the way, and firefighters are suiting up in preparation for the water recreation season on the river. Multiple agencies, including Columbia and Lexington Fire, are conducting their swiftwater training days which include swimming drills, shore-based rescue, boat operations and more.
Inside the Statehouse Thursday morning, members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee met to hear testimony on a voter access bill.
In response to Jonathan Pentland’s arrest, some demonstrators walked from the Statehouse to the Richland County Courthouse Thursday afternoon. Demonstrators say they are calling on Solicitor Byron Gipson to, “appropriately charge” Pentland.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested a man who was found to have over 100 grams of methamphetamine, among other drugs, after he fled from an attempted traffic stop.
You can get a little spring shopping done this Sunday at the ‘Spring Fling Vendor Fair.’ It will take place at the Harmony Collection at Columbia, a retirement & assisted living facility.
